The longest and most complicated loan deal in history has finally been arranged, with Liverpool announcing that Nuri Sahin will be at Anfield as long as he passes his medical. The Spanish media reports that Liverpool have agreed to pay Real Madrid £5 million for the privilege of having Sahin for a year. If the reports are true then I can fully understand why Arsene Wenger did not bring the Turkish international to the Emirates.
To pay £5 million plus substantial wages, you would expect to get a player guaranteed to be a star, but Sahin has hardly kicked a ball in anger for over a season. He may turn out to be a great player for Liverpool but they are paying a lot of money for a possibility. World heavyweight champion of arrogance, Jose Mourinho, must be very pleased with himself.
The other Merseyside club, Everton, have beaten Arsenal to another transfer target. The 17-year old striker M’Baye Niang has been snapped up by David Moyes for a fee in the region of £2 million, according to The Sun. The youngster spent a week on trial with Arsenal earlier this year and is said to have impressed Wenger.
If the numbers involved are true then it is surely not the cost that has seen Arsenal miss out. The French international is far from the finished article and maybe he feels that he will get alot more playing time at Everton. Niang has spent a few days at Everton and has apparently been convinced that his interests will be best served there.
I hope that Wenger has a few more irons in the fire. The three new arrivals at the Emirates this summer are all high quality additions but, after losing van Persie and Song the squad and the fans could do with another boost. Who will it be?
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